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Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:25:41 -0500
UK govt plan to end virus orders queried as cases top 50,000
LONDON (AP) -- The U.K. recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in six months Friday amid a warning from the British government's top medical adviser that the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 could...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:44:47 -0500
10-year-old dies after being shot in the head
The 10-year-old boy who was shot on Collie Smith Drive in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew has died from his injuries. Jaheim Bogle was admitted to hospital yesterday in critical condition following the shooting. It is reported that about 5:30 p.m.,...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:41:55 -0500
Full Text | PNP vice presidents, chairman resign with immediate effect
People's National Party (PNP) vice presidents Damion Crawford, Dr Wykeham McNeill, and Mikael Phillips as well as party chairman Phillip Paulwell have resigned with immediate effect. Further, Phillips, who was recently nominated to...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:47:36 -0500
Four more COVID-19 fatalities, 70 additional cases
Jamaica has recorded four more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 1,140. Those who have died are: - A 72-year-old female from St James whose death was formerly under investigation. - A 90-year-old woman from Kingston and St...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:33:04 -0500
No evidence of Delta variant of COVID-19 in Jamaica
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says testing has found no evidence of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus in Jamaica. Tufton made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. He was responding to questions.....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:07:32 -0500
Rescuers rush to help as Europe's flood toll surpasses 120
BERLIN (AP) -- Emergency workers in western German and Belgium rushed Friday to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as the death toll from devastating floods rose to more than 120 people. Authorities in the German...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:27 -0500
Big and beautiful - St Elizabeth rabbit farmers impress with giant breed
Chocolate brown, cinnamon, black, chequered and blue are some of the shades of giant rabbits that brothers Damien and Stevon Nembhard have at their home in St Elizabeth. The furry creatures weigh up to 17 pounds when fully grown, and the brothers.....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:26 -0500
Glenwood Spring is quiet and nice
The breathtaking views and acres of farmlands with bountiful springs running through are just a few of the reasons residents in the community of Glenwood Spring love their community. Nestled in the cool hills of Clarendon, close to the Manchester....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:50 -0500
Teen killed in Homestead shooting
A 19-year-old youth, Kevon Morgan, was fatally shot during a confrontation with members of the security forces in his community of Homestead, Spanish Town in St Catherine yesterday. Police said that a 9mm pistol, along with seven rounds of...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:48 -0500
Rema kids beg for end to war
'I want to play'. This is the what is written on the placard borne by a little boy who appears no older than eight years old as he joined members of his Wilton Gardens community in protest against incidents of shooting and murders. Two persons......

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:45 -0500
Couple among three killed in one night in St James
Three persons, including a common-law couple, were shot and killed by gunmen in two separate incidents in St James on Wednesday. The couple has been identified as Ashawn Holness, 28, a disc jockey ,otherwise called 'Eva Deva', and his 28-year-old....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:43 -0500
Man who proposed in court in trouble again
A man who caught the attention of a parish court judge last year when he proposed to his common-law-wife is back before the courts for physically assaulting another woman. Andre Chantiloupe pleaded not guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:42 -0500
Man tried trafficking drugs to feed family
A St Mary resident yesterday gave an emotional explanation for his attempt to transport drugs from Jamaica to Barbados when he appeared in the Kington and St Andrew Parish Court. The 32-year-old man pleaded guilty to offences under the Dangerous....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:38 -0500
One-year-old abused by grandma
A judge was left speechless yesterday after hearing that a grandmother abused a one-year-old child whom she beat on the sole of his feet with a hairbrush. Peaches Robinson pleaded guilty to child abuse when she appeared in the the Kingston and St....

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:37 -0500
Hybrid gets attractive amid rising gas prices
Rohan Murray is among the ton load of motorists complaining about the weekly hike in gas prices. The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica on Wednesday announced an increase in the price of fuel for the eighth successive week, with the price of E-10......

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:02:36 -0500
Punter in debt after betting company refuses to make full payout
A man who wagered $300,000 on Portugal captain and ace forward Cristiano Ronaldo to finish top goal scorer at the just concluded Euro 2020 Championships, is hopping mad after being paid only a fraction of what he claims is due to him. The...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:18:12 -0500
Man killed by shark while urinating in the ocean
A drunk man died in a horrific shark attack after he waded into the sea to urinate at a Brazilian beach. Marcelo Rocha Santos, 51, had his hand and a chunk of his leg bitten off by the predator at Piedade Beach in Jaboatao dos Guararapes on...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:22:20 -0500
Teen allegedly shot and killed by soldier in Spanish Town
Residents of Valdez Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine are now protesting the shooting death of a member of the community allegedly by soldiers. They are claiming that the 18-year-old was shot in cold blood and disputed claims that he was armed...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:11:27 -0500
Two of seven Jamaicans held on boat in Florida to be deported
Deportation orders have been issued for two of the seven Jamaicans who were held trying to illegally enter the United States when the boat they were travelling in crashed in Florida last month. The two are being processed by the United States...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:15:37 -0500
Haiti receives COVID-19 vaccines from United States
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - The Government of Haiti on Thursday received 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility. The country is the fourth in the region to receive these donated...



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